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Specmcatz'onjormng part of Letters Patent o. 42,666', dated Mag/:10, 18d4.f I.

To all whom ztmay concern: i

Be it known that we, ALGERNON K. J onNs- TON and LoRENzo Dow, of the city,.county, and State of New York, hnve'inventcd e new. method of attaching fulmin'ating-pcwder, protected by n ccp, to cnrtridge-cases, by which the cartridge and percussion-ccp can be united in one article of better and more econonlicel manner than has ever bei'ore been done; and we do `hereby declare that the following is ay full7 clear, and exact description of Athe seid method, showing' the union aforesaid, rcference being hdd to the annexed drawings, making e part of this specification. 'y

The figures represent sectional views! Wl'ienevcr the cylindrical portion 9F-, carl tridgelcnse is formed olf rnetalr'jf gmy'sub. l Cim'l'bedrawu so n'S to be turned outward, i|iabigigjfttintrrow fl'nge around-the bottcilipf the'cylinder, as repre- VSfl'lll ill-Figlllf ''letthis'bei'ret done. In

at A A, 'nd the ilange formed by turning` the edge or `rim ofthe cylinder outward is represented nt .E El This flange should be about onetwell'th of an inch in width. The under side of this'ilengc is the place where we apply the fulminatc. We moietcn the flange on the under eide, :nid lightly pince it down on some fnln'linnting-powller, which will 'ndberetoit in suliicient quantity. We then place. the cylinder, with the lnnge so covered with fuliniuate, inlo e cup or can oi'.- metal or otherherd sul stance, of th form represen ted'in Fig. 2. TheI sides of this cup or cap nre nbontoue-tenth of au inch in sideof the cilirtridge-cnse when pressed down over the Ilan gee-'end the diameter of the bese ci' the cup or ccp is such that the Ailcnge above named shall 'readily be admitted into it. After placing-the cylinder, with the flange so'l covered with fullninetin-g-powder, into such cup -or cap, we carefully, but'rnrly, preegdlQwn the edge of the cup or cap dver thelinfii of` thecylinder, The cartridge-cnsceiid percuscion-cap, which, in this cese, mcy be celled c lilfthe cup d d gnge, the bese of the cap b forming the bese height-j ust suilcient to reach the percussion-base, are thus united in one-rtiele -of manufacture, the 'fulminante .being between the cop and the flange and the base of the cartridge-cese.. Y The casema-y' then be lled with guupowder and e bullet attached in the usual manner. Upon `strik;- ing euch cartridge et its bese,,anywhere upon 'lts circumference7 the illiinihie is exploded and the deine thc charge.

Fig. 3 repceenttle' :ylinder and 'delige restingwithinthe eingibt eeft-f" The `lnnge is inetanly cenemnnicaltes with rg. 4' represents the certridgecase'with the pressed down upon' the of the completed certridgecnse.

Il' theeides of the c-rtrldge-cnse or cylinder Itre made of such materiel that the lienge above named cannot be runde from it, then a ccp or bese should be mede for such cylinder, precisely in the manner above described, from metal er other proper eubstm1ce,:n1d attached to thecylinder, whichi'orms the greater part stance, and cut it oli' e little ebove'the flange, md youwill have such base o r'cep representeihes iu Fig. 5." '.lhis, when ettechedto the kcylindrical portion of' the cnrtridge-case, forms its base or ccp, es represented in Fig. 6, in whichF 'F represent'the, sides of the cylinder'united to thecepor bene' containing the Aot the cartridge-case. Take Fig. 4, tor in- .l'ul|ninetingpowder at A. A.

What we claim ae onr invention,and desire.

to secure by Letters Patent, isi-g o The ap )licrttion of e cup or ccp to thet'len e of-a cylinder with ful'liineting-powder between, substantially as above. described, the "whole forming a percussion-cap or bese' for a, cairtridge. l y ALGEnNoN K. comieron. A LURENZQ DOW.

Witnesses: v

J ULIUS l. POMEROY, WILLIAM H. Bouc-miren.

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